Embodied texts; symbolist playwright-dancer collaborations.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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Embodied texts; symbolist playwright-dancer collaborations.

Fleischer, Mary.

Editions Rodopi

2007

346 pages

$104.00

Paperback

GV1589

The intense dynamics of the 1890s through the 1930s included a marked spirit of collaboration as early modern dancers and choreographers teamed with symbolist playwrights to produce a remarkable body of work. Ida Rubenstein worked with Gabriele D'Annunzio, Hugo von Hoffman produced pantomimes for Grete Wiensthal, W.B. Yeats worked with both Michio Ito and Ninette de Valois, and Paul Claudel ...

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